Sultan Syamsul Alam (died after 1727) was the twenty-second Sulṭān of

Acèh Darussalam The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam ( ace, Keurajeuën Acèh Darussalam; Jawoë: كاورجاون اچيه دارالسلام), was a sultanate centered in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh. It was a majo ...

in northern

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

. He ruled from 1726 to 1727 and was the fourth and last ruler of the Arabic Jamal ul-Lail Dynasty. Originally called Wandi Tebing, he was the nephew of Sultan

Jamal ul-Alam Badr ul-Munir Jamal ul-Alam Badr ul-Munir (died after 1736) was the twentieth Sulṭān of Acèh Darussalam in northern Sumatra and the third ruler of the Arab Jamal ul-Lail Dynasty. He ruled from 1703 to 1726 when he was deposed. Taking the throne The futu ...

. The three constituent regions (''sagi'') of Aceh rebelled against Jamal ul-Alam who was deposed in November 1726. One of his counselors, Jauhar ul-Alam took the throne but died after a very brief reign. Seven days later Wandi Tebing was placed on the throne under the name Sultan Syamsul Alam, being supported by the ''mukims'' (districts) Montassik, Lamcampuk, Hoho and Piëng. However, not all the chiefs approved of this. After 30 days the three ''sagis'' unanimously offered the throne to the Buginese commander of the fortress in the capital, Maharaja Lela. Maharaja Lela accepted the offer and Syamsul Alam was deposed in January 1727.Djajadiningrat (1911), p. 200. His later life is not recorded in.

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* Djajadiningrat, Raden Hoesein (1911) 'Critische overzicht van de in Maleische werken vervatte gegevens over de geschiedenis van het soeltanaat van Atjeh', ''Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde'' 65, pp. 135-265. * Taniputera, Ivan (2013) ''Kerajaan-kerajaan Nusantara pascakeruntuhan Majapahit''. Jakarta: Gloria Group. * Zainuddin, H.M. (1961) ''Tarich Atjeh dan Nusantara, Jilid I''. Medan: Pustaka Iskandar Muda. {{s-end Sultans of Aceh 1720s deaths 18th-century Indonesian people